Government to provide land to ICAI for setting up centre of excellence: Ashok Singhal

GUWAHATI: Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Ashok Singhal attended the inaugural session of a two-day national conference on 'Pratibadhata: Committed to Excellence' organized by the Guwahati Branch of Eastern India Regional Council (EIRC) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) at ITA Machkhowa in Guwahati on Friday.

In his address as the chief guest of the event, minister Singhal said that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India was the standard bearer of financial probity, prudence and precision in India. Their commitment to excellence has led to the ICAI being recognized and respected worldwide as an institution that places the highest premium on quality rather than quantity.

In his speech, the minister announced that the Government of Assam will provide adequate land to ICAI for setting up a Centre of Excellence in Guwahati. He conveyed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's commitment towards fostering excellence and wholehearted support for setting up this proposed premier institute in Assam. Singhal thanked the Chief Minister for his vision and his trust reposed in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for furthering excellence in society.

Singhal said that the decisions of Assam Cabinet to revoke or amend over 400 obsolete laws to further ease of doing business, no-contact delivery of basic services and incentivizing of industrial growth will see the emergence of a new Assam. Praising the role played by the EIRC of ICAI in turning the vision of the Chief Minister to reality, Singhal said that as doyens of the Indian financial sector, the members of EIRC can assume the role of being ambassadors of Assam's success story.

The 2-day long national conference on the theme 'Pratibadhata: Committed to Excellence' is being attended by more than 600 Chartered Accountants from various parts of the region. The inaugural session of the conference was also attended by Dr. Debashish Mitra, President ICAI; Jay Prakash Gupta, CPE Committee Chairman, Guwahati Branch; and other dignitaries.

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